When I first started reading about Charlotte Mason and her ideas on education I was so encouraged. With a large family it is often hard to implement art and music. The CM method has allowed us to study both. I'm going to write just a little bit on Charlotte's philosophy on picture study. Now I am no expert on her style of teaching but the one thing I cherish is her ease of studying art with young children. I started when my kids were about 5-7 years old. We would take an artist, read a child's biography and then find books with paintings by that artist. First we would look at the picture and discuss the colors, what we liked or didn't like, the shadows, the scenery, things like that. Then we would turn the picture over and take turns remembering the details of the painting. It was always so interesting to see who remembered what. We have implemented this style of learning off in on through our years of studying art. It is a wonderful, relaxing way to introduce your children to the finer things in life.
4 comments:
I love your blog...so peaceful and nice.
I would love for you to submit this entry to the CM Blog Carnival if you are interested.
Here is the link:
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_2378.html
I will be back to read some more. :)
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
I love CM's approach to art/music study as well. It seems so natural and easy. Thank you for sharing! : )
Isn't it lovely that learning can be so enjoyable and easy!!! Thanks for sharing.
Yep, it's quite simple actually.
That's what I love most about CM -- basic, inexpensive and SIMPLE. The hard part is just implementing the methods until they are habit.
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